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Chain Letter

(2005, Hip-hop, by Brooke Valentine, Label: Virgin Records)
  • Is it age appropriate?

    About our ratings

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 15, age appropriate for kids over 18; suggested age 16.
  • Is it any good?

    3.0
  • Common Sense says

    Will the real Brooke Valentine please stand up?

Why We Rated This iffy for Ages 16–18

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    Some racist words are used.
  • Violence:

    Some violent sentiment.
  • Sex:

    Some explicitly sexual words, and a lot of innuendo.
  • Language:

    Enough four-letter words to earn a "parental advisory" warning.
  • Consumerism:

    No brand names -- very commercial sound.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Nothing obvious.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Chain Letter

Parents need to know that the four-letter words on this album seem gratuitous; could they possibly have been contrived for the purpose of earning a Parental Advisory sticker? In this case, they add nothing but jarring counterpoint to the artist's baby-doll voice.

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  • Families can talk about whether or not girls still feel like they have to talk like the bad boys in order to be taken seriously.

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Most Recent Reviews

  1. Teen Reviewer Age 17
    Lives in Missouri
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 5.0

    I love this CD

    I love this album because it stands out from other CD's. This album rocks and those song stay in your head all day and that's a good thing. I hope her other CD's will be outstanding like this one.

  2. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in New Jersey
    I rate this title off for age 17 and give it 0.0

    put some cloths on

    The problem with all the singers and rap artists are that they show way too much of there bodies (espectially girls). They dont leave the boys anything to look forward to due to they have already just about seen it all.

  3. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in California
    I rate this title off for age 2 and give it 0.0

    trash

    she is a good singer but shows to much of her body, but i guess to be popular now days you have to give give guys what they want, and show them all that they want to see. she has fallen into that temtation and has given herself to her fans.

  4. Teen Reviewer Age 17
    Lives in Missouri
    I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it 4.0

    Well....

    I like this CD because...... It's different than anything i heard before in a while. This became one of my favorite CD's ever after i got listening to it.Her songs choices could be better but it's still good CD anyway.

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